"Oni pracują w regionie."

Translation: They work in the region.

[Kohvikruus]

Isn't "in the region" essentially the same as "in the area"?

[Jellei]

The closest equivalent of "area" is "obszar". I think area has too many meanings, including for example penalty area (penalty box) in football - so it can be something really small, that couldn't possibly be called region. If English has exactly the very same (in writing) word as Polish, why complicate it? ;)

[Hanna915348]

They work within the region should have been acceptable.

[DerrickMcClure1]

A similar question: why not "district"? Has REGION in Polish a specialised meaning, like "precinct" or "prefecture"?

[Jellei]

That's the case, that 'region' is very vague, and 'district' is too specific, too narrowed down. A "district" of a city is "dzielnica".

Polish Wiktionary translates 'precinct' as 'dzielnica' or 'rejon', with the mention that it's e.g. 'rejon komisariatu', so the area on which a given police department has authority

And 'prefecture' is 'prefektura', but my only association with this word is geography of Japan.

[Timoak100]

They work in this region, "the region" is non specific, the region of what?

[Jellei]

Probably the same as we are in now, or one known from the context.

[Walkinthedog]

What is the difference in this region or the region, exacly the same meaning in my English.